Hay-press



HAY PRESS.

Patented Dec. 12, 1882.

"USI- UNITED STATES FFIQE.

PATENT THOMAS W. AMES AND CHESTER-L. AMES, OF GABERY, ILLINOIS.

HAY-PRESS.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,975, dated December 12, 188i,

Application filed May 23,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, THOMAS W. AMES and CHESTER L. AMES, of Oabery, in Ford county, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses, the construction and operation of which we will explain, reference being had to the annexed drawings and the letters and figures thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure is a plan view on the top; Fig. 2, a ventral vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 a side view, of a portion of the pitman ct, showing its attachment to the drive-wheels e, by means of which it is reciprocated.

This machine is ofthe class known as procumbent baling-presses for baling hay or other fibrous material into compact bales; and the improvements we have principally made consist in the mechanism by means of which the pitman (t is reciprocated to operate the. follower D back and forth, and also in the constrg ction of the upper .part of the follower, by means of which all the hay is carried forward from the receiving-chamber B. into the baleohamber H, so as to leave no ragged edges on the bale, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the main frame of the machine, which is constructed in about the ordinary manner for a machine of this class. It is provided with the follower D, which reciprocates by means of the pitman a in the ordinary manner. The novel feature is the means by which thepitman receives its motion. The frame A is provided at the left end in the figures with a pair of cogwheels, 6, which are set facing each other and rotate on hubs in said frame, as shown in Fig. 1. These wheels 0 are connected to each other by the double crank 8, having its boss pivoted to one of the spokes of the cogs about midway between the center and the periphery of the wheels 6, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, so the double crank can swing from that point. The

pitman ct attaches to the double crank at the wrist g, which connects the two webs of the double crank, as shown in Fig. 2. The wheels 6 rotate in the direction denoted by the arrow by means of the screw 4' or the pinions e, as may be desired. In Fig. 2 the machine is represented as in position when the follower begins to move forwarchtoward the bale-cha nunder side, and carry it over until it "reaches the position shown in Fig. 3, and untilthe crank s and pitman ct pass a line parallel with them both, when the elasticity of the hay in the bale-chamber throws the follower and pitinan back in the position shown in Fig. 2, ready for another like'movement. By this means the pitman is moved about twice as far back and forth as it would be if attached rigidly to a wrist-pin on a spoke of the wheel 6.

When it is desired to run the machine by,

horse-power the power is applied to the center pinion, 0, which rotates the two pinions and the shafts 1;, having the screw 1", which engages with the cogs of. the wheelsc to rotate them, as shown in Fig. 2.

When steam-power is applied the power is applied to the pulleyB by means of'a belt. This pulley is keyed to a shaft running through to the opposite side of the machine, and has the pinion n, which rotates the cog-wheel t". The cog-wheel t is provided with a shaft running through the machine bearing the two pinions,e, which mesh into and rotate the two cog-wheels, e, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The top of the follower D is provided with the leaf y, hinged to it at w, as shown in Fig. 2. This leafy has attached'to its under side, as shown in said figure, the arm and weight '00, by means of which the outer edge of theleaf will adhere to the roof of the bale-chamber, so that when the follower moves forward this leaf 3 wilicarry with it all the loose material, and as it reaches the opposite side of the feed-hopper F strikes the incline m and carries with it any loose material at that point, so there will be no loose ragged edges to the finished hale.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. In a baling-press, the combination of the cog-wheels 6, having the lugs 2, double swinging cranks, pivoted to the wheels e, pitman a, follower D, and frame A, all arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the baling-press described, the .two opposite cog-wheels 6, connected by the double crank s, and having the lugs z, to operate the pitman a in a reciprocating manner, as and for the purpose set forth. a

3. In the baling-press described, the combination and arrangement of the frame A, follower D, havingthe hinged leaf y, pitman a, swinging double crank s, cog-Wheels 0, having the lugs 2, screws 0, shafts 7', and pinions 0 and o, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In the billing-press described, the combination and arrangement of the frame A,-fo1- lower 1), having the hinged leaf y, pitman a, swinging double crank s, cog-wheels 0, having the lugs z, pinions e, cog-wheel i, pinion n, and pulley B, as and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS W. AMES. CHESTER L. AMES. \Vitnesses: 1

THOS. H. HUTCHINS, WM. J. HUTCHINS. 

